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interest of the Campbells, who are still the overlords and from whom it takes its name, it became a royal burgh in 1700. It was the birthplace of the Rev. Dr See also:

Norman See also:

Macleod (1812). The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief public buildings are the churches (one of which occupies the site of a See also:

castle of the Macdonalds), the See also:

TOWN

town See also:

house, the See also:

Academy and the See also:

ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum.

The See also:

STAPLE

staple See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is See also:

WHISKY, or WHISKEY

whisky distilling, of which the See also:

ANNUAL

annual output is 2,000,000 gallons, more than See also:

HALF

half for export. The See also:

PORT

port is the See also:

head of a See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery See also:

DISTRICT

district and does a thriving See also:

trade. See also:

SHIPBUILDING

Shipbuilding, See also:

net and rope-making, and woollen manufacturing are other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries, and See also:

COAL

coal is See also:

MINED

mined in the vicinity. There are three piers and a safe and capacious See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, the bay, called Campbeltown See also:

LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch, measuring 2 M. in length by 1 in breadth, At its entrance stands a lighthouse on the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Davaar. On the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

SHORE

shore is the splendid See also:

GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf-course of Machrihanish, 5 M. distant. Machrihanish is connected with Campbeltown by a See also:

LIGHT

light railway. Near the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Southend is Machrireoch, the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

ARGYLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Argyll's See also:

SHOOTING

shooting-See also:

lodge, an old structure modernized, commanding superb views of the See also:

Firth of See also:

Clyde and its islands, and of See also:

Ireland. On the See also:

rock of Dunaverty stood the castle of See also:

Macdonald of the Isles, who was dispossessed by the Campbells in the beginning of the 17th century. At this place in 1647 See also:

General See also:

David See also:

Leslie is said to have ordered 300 of the Macdonalds to be slain after their surrender. Of the See also:

ancient See also:

church founded here by See also:

COLUMBA, SAINT (Irish, Colum)

Columba, only the walls remain. Campbeltown unites with See also:

Ayr, See also:

INVERARAY

Inveraray, See also:

IRVINE

Irvine and See also:

OBAN

Oban in sending one member (for the " Ayr Burghs ") to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament.

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